Sliding mount for kitchen implements and the like



March 21, 1961 G. H. STELL 2,976,005

SLIDING MOUNT FOR KITCHEN IMPLEMENTS AND THE LIKE Filed July 9, 1959INVENTOR. 5 65026: H. 5T5

AZLAM+MA4 United States Patent SLIDING MOUNT FOR KITCHEN IMPLEMENTS ANDTHE LIKE George H. Stell, Elmhurst, 11]., assignor to Precision MetalWorkers, Chicago, 111., a partnership of Illinois Filed July 9, 1959,Ser. No. 826,080

Claims. Cl. 248-298) This invention relates to a sliding mount forkitchen implements and the like.

An inverted channel having offset portions constituting a track ismounted on the under side of a cupboard and has stops near its forwardand rearward ends respectively engagable by a carriage slidable alongthe way provided by the track. The carriage has a special form of springlatch with a depending handle whereby it may readily be manipulatedlaterally from the position in which it normally comes to rest. Thelatch has a slotted margin which receives the stop at the forward end ofthe track to lock the carriage against movement either forwardly orrearwardly when thus engaged. The normally oblique position of the latchis such that the latch is cammed aside asthe carriage 'moves forward theforward end of the track, snapping into engagement with the stop whenthe slot registers therewith.

A depending mounting plate attached to the carriage has apertures ofvarious shapes and in various positions to receive a wide variety ofimplements, whereby such implements may be mounted in the carriage to bepushed back under the cupboard when not in use and held in anadvantageous position for use when desired.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view of a device embodying my invention as it appears inside elevation, portions of a cupboard and wall being fragmentarilyillustrated in section.

Fig. 2 is a view of the device in front elevation.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the track member.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the carriage, the coacting stop memberbeing diagrammactially illustrated in horizontal section.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view showing the latch memberand stop in an intermediate position of the latch member.

Fig. 6 is a cross section taken on line 6-6 of Fig. l.

The track member 7 comprises a channel having its side flanges 8 and 9outwardly convex in cross section to provide ways upon which thecomplementary flanges 10 and 11 of the carriage 12 are reciprocable, theflanges 8 and 9 being receivable telescopically within the complementarycarriage flanges 10 and 11.

Apertures 13 in the web 14 of the track member 7 receive mounting screwsor the like whereby the track member may be secured to the bottom wall15 of a cupboard 16 to extend outwardly from the building wall orpartition 17. The shoulders 80 and 9-0 which offset the flanges 8 and 9from the web 14 of the track member provide clearance for thecomplementary channel-shaped flanges 10 and 11 of the carriage. At thesame time, it has been found that the arcuate form of the severalflanges 8, 9 and 10 and 11 in cross section produces an extremelysmoothly operable sliding fit with no unnecessary play.

The carriage 12 slides freely along the track member 7 from theretracted position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 toward the forwardposition of use shown in full lines. Connected with the carii'age is adepending plate ice 20 which has numerous openings at 21 which are ofsuch sizes and shapes and are so disposed as to receive a variety ofimplements commonly used in the kitchen, such as can openers, knifeSharpeners, orange juicers, food grinders, etc. Most implementsnowadaysinclude a shoe which is designed for permanent mounting and from whichthe implement itself is detachable. No implement or shoe is illustrated,these being conventional. It is understood that, instead of permanentlymounting the implement to the plate 20, an implement-supporting shoe maybe mounted to the plate and the implement may be removed and storedelsewhere, whenever desired.

Means is provided for fixing the carriage in 'theforward position towhich. it is advanced when it is desired to use an implement mounted onplate 20. The particular nature of the means vfor fixing the carriageposition is an especial feature ofthe present invention. A latch lever25 is pivoted to the bottom wall '26 of the carriage upona shoulder stud27 which also carries the coil.28 of a spring 29. The spring terminal 30is anchored in an apertured flange 31 of the carriage. [The free end 32of the spring bears against the upstanding flange 33 or lever 25.

Another upstanding flange 34 on lever 25 is spaced from flange .33 toprovide a slot at 35 into which-an obliquely disposed fixed stop 36 isreceivable, this stop being formed from the web 14 of the track formingchannel member 7 as shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 6. The stop is obliquebecause the lever is oblique to enable it to be, cammed aside in themovementof thecarriage toward its operative position. This is describedhereinafter.

When the slotted margin 35 of the lever 25 is engaged with stop member36, the carriage is securely locked against movement in eitherdirection, as clearly y appears in Fig. 4. However, the lever has adepending finger piece 38 by means of which the lever may be oscillatedagainst the bias of spring 29 to clear the stop 36 of the track member7. oscillation of lever 25 is just suffioient to free the'flange 33 fromthe stop 36, the carriage may be pushed rearwardly. Flange 34 is offseta little further so that additional oscillation of the lever is requiredif it is desired to continue the carriage movement forwardly, as forremoving it from the track member.

The oblique position to which the lever 25 is urged by spring 29 isdefined by the engagement of the finger piece 38 with the lower margin39 of the carriage.

At the rear of the track member there is another stop 40 which thecarriage abuts to preclude it from going any farther to the rear.Nothing interlocks to retain the carriage in its rearward position. Whenthe carriage is moved forwardly from its rearward position, theobliquely disposed flange 33 will strike the stop 36 as shown in Fig. 5to cam the lever 25 aside, against the bias .of the spring 29,, untilthe slot 35 registers with stop 36, whereupon the free end 32 of thespring will force the lever sharply counterclockwise as viewed in Figs.4 and 5 to interlock the lever with the stop and fix the position ,ofthe carriage as shown in Fig. 4.

1 claim:

1. In an implement support comprising a fixed track and a carriageslidable to and from an advanced position thereon, the track providing astop, the combination therewith of means for positively locking thecarriage fixed in its advanced position and including a lever pivoted onthe carriage and laterally movable to and from a position in which itengages the stop when the carriage is in an operative position, a springhaving its ends rerespectively connected with the carriage and the leverfor biasing the lever toward its position of stop engagement, the leverbeing provided with a lateral slot closely If the disengaging 3 fittingthe stop and in which the stop is receivable and having a dependinghandle by which the lever can be oscillated against the bias of saidspring to free its slotted portion from stop engagement.

2. The device of claim 1 in which the lever is normally oblique, thestop being located adacent one side of the carriage, and the lever beingpivoted to the opposite side of the carriage, the lever having a surfaceengageable with said stop in the course of carriage movement to cam saidlever laterally until said stop registers with said slot.

3. In an implement mounting comprising a track and a carriage slidablethereon, the combination with an oblique stop flange mounted on thetrack adjacent one side thereof and a complementary latch lever havingpivotal connection with the carriage adjacent the other side of thetrack from said flange, whereby such connection is offset from the stopto accommodate carriage movement beyond the point of potentialengagement of the latch lever and the stop, means biasing said levertoward a position in which it lies obliquely across the carriage, thelever having a lateral slot into which said flange is receivable,whereby the carriage may be locked against movement forwardly orrearwardly along the track, the

said lever having a camming flange portion at one side of the slot and aterminal flange portion at the other side of the slot engageable withthe stop flange of the track, the camrning flange being adapted toengaged the stop with camming action as the carriage approaches aposition for registry of its lever slot with the stop, whereby the leveris thrust aside until reaching a position for such registry, theterminal flange being offset laterally beyond said camming flange, thesaid lever being provided with a handle for manually releasing itsslotted portion from the stop, greater releasing oscillation of thelever being required to release the terminal flange of the lever fromthe stop for forward movement of the carriage than is required forreleasing its camming flange from the stop to permit rearward movementof the carriage.

4. In an implement support comprising a fixed track and a carriageslidable to and from an advanced position of use thereon, the trackproviding a stop, the combination therewith of means for positivelyconnecting the carriage to said stop in said position and includinglever means pivoted on the carriage and having one surface engageablewith the stop to arrest carriage movement at said position and having asecond surface so spaced from said one surface as to engage the stop ina direction to preclude carriage movement from said position, the levermeans being movable to and from a position of engagement of saidsurfaces with said stop, and the said surfaces being adapted to fix saidcarriage against movement in either direction respecting the track untilreleased from said stop by manipulation of said lever.

5. The device of claim 4 in which said lever has a handle projectingbeneath said carriage, the lever being pivoted to the carriage andmovable in a lateral direction to and from a position for engagement ofits said surfaces with said stop.

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